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Politicians are trash
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Congressman, you tweeted yesterday
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that the filibuster is a racially tinged artifact of the Jim Crow era.
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We cannot let it stand in the way of progress,
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high priority issues for the American people
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that are being held up in the Senate right now
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because of the presence of the filibuster.
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And so a minority
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of senators are allowed to block progress
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for the majority of the American people.
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And that's something that has to change.
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Filibuster was first deployed by Senator Calhoun
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in the run up to the Civil War
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to try to, uh,
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protect white supremacy as well as the institution of slavery.
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Uh, and then in terms of its modern form, uh,
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it was really deployed, uh,
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in the early part of the 20th century to stop civil rights legislation,
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including anti lynching legislation
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that passed the house of representatives
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in the early part of the 20th century,
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but could never break through a Senate filibuster.
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And that is part of the legacy of the absence of progress
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that we're still living with to this day.